Power clothes wringer



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J. A. BRIED POWER CLOTHES WRINGER Filed Sept. 21, 1920 '2 Sheets-Shoot 1 Sept. 8, 1925.

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Application am September 21', mo. Serial no. 411,00.

A. Bmnn, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Power Clothes Wringer, of whicht'ie following is a specification and which is illustrated in the accompaInying drawin s. Y

My invention re ates to power driven clothes wringers as used with modern household power driven washing machines, and has for its object the more convenient arrangement of such wringers in relation to Be .'t known that I, JULIEN existing stationary wash tubs as found in the laundries of private homes, and in relation to the washing machine proper.

Fig. 1 is a perspective drawing showing the general arrangement of my wringerand gegring in position over a pair of stationary tu s. 1

Fig.2 shows in larger scale, a side view of a portion of the wringe'r with its shaft released from the gearing.

Fig. 3 shows in a larger scale, a center cross section of the power shaft connections between the gear boxes.

Fig. 4 shows a universal power connection to a washing machine.

Fig; 5 shows in horizontal cross section amodified power delivery gear arrangement at 'the rear of the "wringer.

Like numerals in the various views designate like members. In Fig. 1 the wringer 1 is shown in position over the central partitionof a pair of stationary wash tubs 2,

' the wringer being carried on a bracket 3 firmly boltedto. it, and which bracket is in turn carried by two grooved rollers 4:

loosely fitting and rolling on an angle iron track 5. The track 5 is part of a framework adapted to be secured to a wall 29 of a room, back of and above a pair of stationary tubs as shown.

The framework consists of a lower plank 6, and an upper plank 7, spacing and track supporting straps 8 and gear boxes -9.

The frame is secured in place against the wall 29 by the screws 10. The gear boxes 9 each contain a pair of bevel gears 11 and 12, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2., These gears all have square holes in the axis of their hubs as shown, the hole in the small gears being designated 13', and the mission through their square holes' by loosely fitting pieces of square shafting 15,

as clearly shown in Fi 3. The ,small gear in tlie box at the extreme The wnnger has anextended s'aft' 17 I i from the lower roller 27 and is squared for a short distance and also slightly tapered,

as shown in Fi 2. This wringer extension' shaft can e inserted in the :exposedsquare hole in any of the large gears in a the gear boxes, at the. pleasure of the operator, by s1mply supporting the lower end of the wrmger and rollin the brabket 'to a position over the desir gearbox and then pushing-against the lower part ofthe wrmger, an i the gears 12 arerevolving the square holes will soon coincide with the squared end of the wringer shaft and engagement will be eflected, as the wringer is free to move bodily toward and away from the gear box, it being free to swing from its point of suspension, the loosely fitting rollers 4 on the track above. a

The wringeris held in engagement by the lever hook 18 engagin a projection 31 on the gear box, and whitii'leverl when released by an upward push on its forward end 19 ermits of a spring releasing plunger 20 forcing the wringe'r away from the box and the wringer shaft out. of the square socket, thereby instantly disenga ing the wringer from the power, as SOjS own in Fig. 2. The releasing plunger is actuated by a coiled spring 32 reacting against the wringer body. a a

The gear shafts 15 receive power from a reversing gearbox, 21, properly Qp'ositioned on any ower driven washing achine as indicated at 22, and should it desired to reverse the wringer it may be done by reversal of its power" source at that point, though for ordinary turning backwards to release small articles wound around the wringerrolls, a small handwheel @23 is provided on the forward extension shaft 33 of the upper roll 28.

The gear shaft 15 is in several sections fitting very loosely in, and having their ends: within, the square holes in the ip'nions, the

i g w I in Fig. 4 at 34 and 35, or their mechanical equivalent ,at any convenient point to make available a power connection to the machine. To protect against danger and grease from the square power shaft I provide pipe covering 26 between gear boxes. Instead of having the three separate power delivery sockets or gear boxes to affordthree positions to the wringer, it will be readily seen that a single pair of gears gu could be made to slide along with the wringer on a long power shaft to accommodate any position of the wringer as shown in horizontal cross section in Fig. 5 wherein the function of the parts are indicated by being similarly numbered to others already described in detail, but such .an arrangement could not be so effectually sealed against grease and danger as the other method shown in the drawings.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a gear box, a power delivery gear adapted to revolve therein, a clothes wringer adapted to be positioned in alignment with said gear, a shaft projecting from one of the wringer rolls ada ted to engage said gear, automatic means or normally holding said shaft away from engagement with said gear, and manually controlled means for holding said shaft in engagement with the gear.

2. In a device of the character described, a series of horizontally spaced power delivery sockets with mechanical power transmitting devices connecting the sockets, a clothes wringer supported for horizontal movement and adapted to align with and engage separately any of the sockets, manually controlled means for engaging the wringer with the sockets, and automatic-means for disengaging the wringer upon releasing the manually controlled means.

3. A clothes wringer, means for supporting and guiding said wringer in horizontal adjustment, a power shaft extending along the path of adjustment, and means for effecting a power engagement from the shaft to the wringer at a plurality of definite spaced pointsonly therealong and inoperative intermediate said points.

4. In a devlce of the character described,

a horizontally disposed row of gear boxes, a

'a second gear out of line of the gear gear revolvably mounted in each box and connected one to the other by wobble shafts for simultaneously driving all of the gears, revolvably. mounted in each box each in mesh with one of the first mentioned gears and having a driving connection accessible from without the box, a

clothes wringer supported by a guide for movement along said row of ear boxes and having a power connection a apted to register with any of the driving connections of the second ears at ositions of the wringer glong the guide ad acent the selected gear 5. In a device of the character described, a horizontally disposed row of s aced ower delivery sockets, operative mecilanica connection extending from one socket to the other for supplying power to all of the sockets, a clothes wringer supported by a ide for movement along the row of sockets and having a projecting roll shaft adapted to register with any of the sockets at positions of the wringer along the guide'respectively adjacent the sockets, and means for engaging the shaft with the selected socket.

6. In a device of the character described, a horizontally disposed row of spaced power delivery elements, means for supplying power to the elements, a clothes wringer supported by a guide for movement along the row of spaced elements registering with any of the elements, and means adapted to' effect a power engagement of the wringer selectively with any of the elements upon re istering of the wringer therewith.

In a device of the character described, a horizontally disposed row of spaced power delivery elements, a track horizontally arranged above and along the row of elements, a clothes wringer supported for movement along said track and adapted to pass the elements one after the other when moved therea-long, and a power receiving device on the wringer adapted to align with any of the elements selectively and to be pushed into engagement therewith.

8. In a device of the character described, a horizontally disposed row of spaced gear boxes, revolvable gears in said boxes, means for driving said gears, a track horizontally arranged above and along the row of gear boxes, a clothes wringer supported on the track for movement therealong, a power receiving shaft projecting from the wringer positioned to engage any one of the gears when the wringer is operatively adjacent thereto, and said wringer being rockable on the track whereby the shaft may be moved directly to and from a car box to engage or disengage the gear w1th the shaft.

JULIEN A. BRIED.

Certificate of Correction. Y

It 'is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 1,552,673, granted September 8, 1925, upon the a plication of J ulien A. Bried, of Oakland, California, for an improvement in ower Clothes Wr1ngers, were erroneously issued to the inventor,

said Bried, as owner of the entire interest in the invention,'whereas said Letters Patent should have been issued to the inventor, said Bm'ed, and Samuel L, Rogers,

of Sam Emnaisao, California, jointly, said Rogers being assignee of one-half interest in said mvention, as shown by the records of assignments in this Office; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correotlon therein that the same may conform to the record of'the case in the Patent Ofiiee.

Signed and sealed this 10th day of November, A. D. 1925. [SEAL-1. WM. A. KINNAN,

Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

